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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-21

ARTEMUs WARD used to earn his
bread "by the sweat Of a hired mans
brow" but we have q more modern
instance of farming by proxy: "a
young farmer in Georgia hires a negro
to plow, and in order to see that no
time is fooled away, he rides the mule
SO as to face the plowman, carrying an
umbrella over his own head and using
q big fan in order to keep COOL"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-07-21

PoErs are not i ally practical ex.
cept when they are employed to puff
patent medicines, but here is little
gem that must have been inspired by
July weather. It shows that the poet
was in melting mood:
What can poets dol
With the thermometer at ninety-two?
Grandeur in shirt sleeves. Grace with no cravat.
Sublimity beneath palm-leaf hat?
Love with no dickeyl Beauty in a sweat!
Truth at the pump. with hands and forehead wet,
Fame drinking soda! Glory with fan,
Passion asleep upon a cold divau;
And Faith and Hope in wrappers throwing dice.
To clese the quarrel Ger a chunk of icei
What can poets do?
: A carriage belonging to Poe's livery
was wrecked at the corner of Main
and Oak wood streets, last Wednesday.
by running into an open ditch which
was being dug for water pipes. Care.
less driving.
The ladies of the Dorcas Society will
hold basket picnic at the residence
of Mrs. E. Hasbrouck, Wednesday af-
ternoon, July 20. ALI members, with
well filled baskets, are cordially in
vitad
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02
County Finances.

The work of the county treasurer has
kept pace with the general increase In
the duties required of other officials dur.
ing the year. From January : to De.
cember 15 1886 the amount of taxes col
lected was 1913, 1862 The total amount
TO be collected for the year is $351, ,226. 10,
which shows that County Clerk Bolln has
made his collections very close and that
The farming community especially has
promptly responded TO the treasurer S
call. During the period aforesaid the
amount paid out in warrants is
1852, 1862; amount expended for treas.
urer and assistants So, The total
valuation of city and county property as
made for tax purposes is Sl5,G3S, 415;
value of city property, Sl2, 900, 52S; bonded
indebtedness of county, sos, 600; bonded
indebtedness of city. 81 .OO1. $50.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02
Turner & Jay. Rats and Caps.

Turner d jay, manufacturers and
wholesale dealers in hats and caps, 10l1
and 1913 Farnam street, are among the
heavy business establishments which
have located IN Omaha during 1886. Mr..
Turner is from Chicago and Mr.. Jay
ern factory ut winch their goods are
manufactured with especial reference to
the wants of the western trade. They
are the sole owners of the Omaha Hat"
which is made in four grades: Special, Y
Nutria, No. Nutria, and Clear Nutria
For style, nobbiness, durability and COM
parative cheapness in cost these hats
have no superior in the market. In select
ing Omaha as center of trade opera
tions this substantial firm have in view a
rapid extension of their business and in
tend to merit the patronage which keep
ing pace with the times and honest deal
ing will give them.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02
GRAIN TRADE,

Nebraska has not only maintained its
reputation as great corn growing state
during 1886, but the large increase of its
agricultural population has made a cor
responding extension of the volume of
receipts and shipments of corn al Omaha.
Never before in the history of the state
has there been larger acreage devoted
to the smaller cereals. wheat, oats
and rye, while barley and fax have been
successfully and largely raised. No i'm
portant industry has grown more RAPIDLY
and extensively Than this cily's grain
business. New railroads have opened up
new supply territory. and poor haryests
in other states have created many
additional demand markets. Hardly
state Is without an elevator and granary,
the majority of which send their gathered
grain TO Omaha for eastern distribution.
The Willow Springs distllery has furn-
ished II cash market for grain during the
entire year, no matter what the condition
of the general market. During 1885 this
company purchased 100000 bushels of
corn, rye and barley The three leading
brewcries, Metz Bros, Fred Krug and
Storz IL Her, purchased over 300, 900
bushels of barley in 1886. The local flour
and feed mills used 225,OOO bushels of
grain, and ut the lowest estimate the
sales TO the street car company, stock
yards and on the street, amounted to
1000 600 bushels last year.
liimebaugh Il Merriam, proprietors Of
the Onion elevators in this city, report
a very active trade during 1856. They
employ forty men and the capacity
of their elevators is 5000 bushels, Dur
ing 1886 this firm handled 5,374OG0 bush.
els of grain, divided as follows; corn,
1000 600 bushels; wheat $4,000; oats,
GOOOHO; barley, $4,000; rye, $1,000; llax,
$4,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02
Typewriters aud rbonography.

PoTEer, Megeath y Wheolrr, Onlaha,
nre general agents for the Remington
Standard Typewriter, and deal IN all
kinds of supplies and appliances in con
nection therewith. Their business has
grown with the rapid growth of bust
ness enterprises of the state, which
find the use of the typewriter "A saving of
time and money. Their office is in the
Omaha National bank building. Tney
also carry on Il general photographic re-
porting business, and conduct phOno-
graphic institute which is Well patronized
by students desirOus OF acquiring the use
ful art OF shorthand writing
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02
Jobbers' and Manufactprers' Jottings.

Crane Bros. manufacturing company,
a branch of the Chicago house, carry AN
extensive line of plumbers materials,
machinery, supplest eIq. Under the
management of Mr.. IL S, Bush this house
has risen steadily to a sure footing in the
trade of the west, and the handsome IN
crease in their business bespeaks greater
things TO come.
S, S, Floyd a. Co, brokerage and com
mission, have recently established a
branch house in this city, putting IN
direct wires to Chicago and Il connection
with the great markets OF the country.
They have every facility for the rapid and
satisfactory handling OF business.
The New York and Omaha Clothing
company is one of the largest establish
ments in that line in the west. Their
goods are of superior quality and have
gained for them an enYiable place
among the best firms Of the city.
The mammoth furniture house of
Dewey & Stone is one of the chief at
fractions of the city. Their salesrooms
reach from street to street and every
floor is crowded with artistic and durable
furniture. Ii may be said that they sup
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02

steam users to ask their prices before pur
CHASING, and guarantee satisfaction.
n. III. Bishop, manager of the Consoli
dated Tank Line Co. in TINS trade territory
has built up a large patronage and eX
tended the sales Of the company here the
past year very largely The wareroom,
are at 100 ), 9th street, being large and
providing. every facility for the proper
anu safe handling of otis. The success.
Of the company in this community /,
large due TO tue personal efforts of Mr.
Bishop
W j.. Broateh is probably the heaviest
dealer in hardware and wagon heavy
wood. d.Stook IN the city lie has been long
established in this city, and his house and
goods are widely known throughout the
west, lie reports an increase of 20
per cent over the business of 1885.
> L. Robinson Notion company, whole.
saic, 400 South Tenth street, have met
with ilnttering success since coming here
IRON Marshalltown. This is due to their
ann to always offer real values, and q
proper estimate OF the demands of the
trade.
There arc probably few towns of the
state that have not upon their buildings
some OF the beautiful and durable work
OF the Western cornice works of this
CITY, and many structures here have been
adorned by 1t. The success of Mr.. G..
Spccht, the founder of the works, has
been marked and the business is gradu-
ally increasing.
SO great has been the demand in this
city for tho product of the McClmg
Cracker company of Council Bluffs, that
1t has been compelled to open Il branch
house in this city at 2ls South Fourteenth
street to meet the demand of Omaha
consumers. This is fitting compii-
mant TO the high quality of the goods.
The Crane Bros. Manufacturing COM
pany which has had flourishing exist
ence in Chicago for over thirty years, has
an important branch house in Omaha.
The business of the establishment is man
ufacturing and Wholesale dealing in
wrought iron pipe, fittings, brass and
iron goods, plumbers sundres, etc AL
though only located here during 1885, at
i2o6 Douglas street, the business of this
mouse mas Deen very large, commercial
success which is richly deserved
For many years the Lininger- Metcalf
implement company have kept abreast
of the demand for the best grades of
farm implements, buggies, carriages,
wagons, sleighs, cutters etc. The
volume OF business transacted by this
house is immense, and their commercial
acquaintance extends far and wide. They
are classed among the largest institu
tons of the kind in the west.
In looking up the business of our
tradespeoplc we find that our hard work
ing w, L. Seaman, dealer in paper, books
and stationery, having wearied of the
taxing details of the last two named
lines, is about to close them out giving
his attention to his paper business in con.
nection with his business established for
the past two years in carriages, buggies,
ph;rtons, wagons. harness, etc, Il hand
some variety of which is displayed
III his main store rooms, corner of Elcv-
enth and Farnam streets, and as well in
his repository near Clark street, on our
sherman avenue driving thoroughfare,
where he not only sells but exchanges
vehicles ON libcrnl basis.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02

lecker & Co, Frank A.. Moore, Max
Meyer & Co., w. A. Wilson 4 Co., Erlct
| d Langstadter, II. NJ, Hess & Co., Chris.
tian. y Tribble, Hauser & Woodland,
MAIDS loft
HLUMIN ATING oILs.
Two firms for 1886 to one for 1885 con-
ducted this business and sold s615,000, an
advance of $500 The Consolidated
Tank Line Co. and Stewart q Co. are the
firms.
FLOUR AND FEED.
The sales were 100000 against $500, 600
for 1885. The firms are: Omaha Flour
Mill and Grain Co. (W. }. Wclshans &
Coz, VIM. Preston Il Co., i. A. Stewart
& Co, Gate City, Roller Mills, Marsh Il
sADDLERY HARDWARE AND FINDINGS
Against S215000 for 1885, $4,000 was
the business of 1856 in saddlcry hard
ware and findings The iobbers are:
Omaha Saddlery Co, &. II. d j. $. Col
Inns, 2. II. Sharp Il Son, Mark Bros. >
Saddlery Co.
BOOKS AND STATINERY.
In books and stationery the sales of
1856 were $3.50, 900 to S250,000 for 1885,
The houses are, w. +. Seaman, John s.
Garfield, Gibson, Miller Il Richardson,
Omaha Publishing Co., Omaha Rcpubli-
can Co.
STOVES, MANTLEs, CRATES AND FURNACES.
Aggregate sales, 1925, 900; dealers; NJ.
Rogers " Sons, II. +. Cox, j. IL. Sullivan
u Co., T. W. Reid.
WHOLESALE JEWELLERS.
The total sales were $i15, 1000; houses:
Max Meyer IL Bro, Edholm IL Akin, c. l..
Erickson IL Co, G.. S. Raymond
PAINTS, o1Ls, GLASS AND WALL. PAPER.
L. j. Beard IL Bro, Henry Lehman,
Mound City Paint and Oil Co., Omaha
Oi! and Pant Co., Kennard e. Power,
iobbers in paints, oils, glass and wall
paper, sold S3S0,0OO.
CLOTHING AND wooIENs.
The years sales were $3.50, coo, made by
Nj. Hellman u Co. and the Garfield Man
ufacturing Co.
CoNFECTIoNERs.
Trade of 1886, $685., 900; manufacturers
and dealers Stephens, Noegle n Dining,
+, Z. Fay IL Co.; Kopp, Drebus Il Co.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
McShane ~ Schroeder, sales for 1885,
1890, 600.
HATS AND CARS.
W. l.. Parrotte & Co., Turner & JAY;
sales, S@G5,00G.
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS.
I. Obcrfcldcr Il Co.; N. b, Falconcr
Co.; sales: 4al0, 900.
GUNS AND SPORTING GOODS.
Collins, Gordon " Kay; Max Meyer &
Co.; Penrosc Hardin; sales 100000.
CROCkEltf AND GLASSWARE.
Samuel Burns; Bliss d Isaacs; w. l.
Wright; sales: S2l0,U00.
TOYS AND WlLLOW-wARE.
{. s. Goodrich u Co.; Nj. loft; sales:
$4,000.
CARPETS.
S. A. Orchard IL Co.; sales Sl75,0O0.
FIRE PROOF SAFES AND VAULTS.
p. Boyer IL Co: sales: S150.00O.
NuLCANIzED RUBBER GOODS.
T. II lindsay e. ca sales. 81 10 600
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02
RECORD OF THE YEAR

kEGURD UF The YEAk
Detailed Report Of Omaha Progress in all
Lines Of Business, During 1885.
THE GIANT OF THE WEST.
Sixteen Hundred and Sixteen Buildings
Erected at Cost Of $5,024,68
MILLIONS IN PUBLIC WORKS.
The Grand Aggregate Of Public and Pri-
vate Improvements, S723O738.
THE BUSINESS OF THE BANKS.
Sixteen Financial Houses With Deposits of
Over $l2,000000
CLEARlNeS OF THE YEAR.
Trans ctons for Twelve Months Foot Up
the Go lossal Sum Of $l89, ,208,28T,
AMERICAS 4TH LUMBER MART.
Nearly ihree Hundred Million fect OF Lum-
Der Handled by Omaha Dealers.
A GREAT JOBBiNG CENTER.
About Forty Millions of Merchandise Dis
posed of at Wholesale.
THE LEADING RAILWAY CITY.
Vast Local and Interstate Commerce Over
Fifteen Railroads.
SOUTH OMAHA'S GREAT GROWTH
657527 Head of Stock of all KINDS Re-
ceived and Disposed of,
PRODUCT OF THE PACkERlES
523,097 Head of Hogs, Cattle and Sheep
Slaughtered, Worth S70l5,6l5.
PROGRESS IN OTHER LINES.
Comprehensive and Exact Exhibit
Of the Manufacturing, Com
mercial and Financial Pro-.
Gress OF Omaha During
the Past Year.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02

The total amount of clearances in De-
ccmber. 1894 the second month of the
establishment of the clearing house in
Omaha, was s., 33g, ,i5l92, but little more
than the increase of the clearings in DE
Cemner. 1856. over those of lSS1.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02
A Fine Grocery.

One OF the .prcttiest stocks OF groceries
in the city is carried by Woinort " Mul-
trade is rapidly glowing IN favor with
residents III that portion Of ihe cilx
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02

only n little over. per cent remaining un.
paid OF the total taxes on real estate and
personality for the last five years.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02

increase for the eleven months Of 1886 is
1881 ,673 3d. average weekly increase for
forty-eight weeks 1901 ,00s.47.
COMPARATIVE DECEMBER CLEARINGs.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02
City Finances.

The expenditures of the city from Janu-
airy /, to December 81, 1886 as taken
from the auditors books, are as follows:
Miscellaneous expcnses-from general
Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02

The above count does not include
South Omaha, which has had its principal
growth during the past year, and now
has sevcnty-one FIRMS and individuals
doing business. and the following lines
o rn rnnrosnptaI.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-09
THE LATEST.

A MOVEMENT was begun at Birmin CHAM
Ala, among the brakemen of the LOUIS
vile and Nashville Railroad which, it is
said, will result in general strike over
the whole road, and also take in the men
of the Alabama Great Southern Rail-
road. The trouble grows out of the re-
fusal of the roads to accede to the petition
for pay for delayed time, eighteen cents an
hour being asked when trains are over an
hour late.
AT Flemingsburg, KY, on the Sd, 100
masked men took Charles Coleman, col
ored, from Jail and hanged him to a rail-
road trestle.
THE labor organizations of Pittsburg
and vicinity united in a street demonstra-
tion, on the Sd, that surpassed anything
of the kind ever seen in that city. Fifteen
thousand men were in line.
THE Knights of Labor of Nashville,
Tenn, have nominated ticket for city
off GERS.
IT is,now said that 126 persons lost their
lives in the recent railroad wreck at Chats
worth, Ill.
TIE time for the redemption of trade
dollars having expired, those who may
have any Of these coins in their possession
will hereafter be able to realize on them
only their intrinsic value as bullion.
AN order has been issued for the restor-
alton of the indemnity land along the
branch of the Atlantic and Pacific road
from Van Buren, Ark, westward, and also
a part of the mann line in Missouri.
MITCHELL SEAT was murdered by Abe
Thompkins and Charley Kennedy at a
picnic near Clarksvi lie, Tenn, on the 4th
TEE great stove moulders strike which
began in st. Louis last March, has col
lapsed.
Hon. o. D. OGLEsBY, District Attorney
of Tate county, Miss, instituted suit, on
the Sd, against the Western Union TeIe-
graph Company for 5000 damages, on ac-
count of the operator at fernando, Miss,
failing two properly send to him two i'm
portant kilograms the day the nomination
for District Attorney was made at Her
nando.
JACK TURNER was killed ct Pineville,
KY, on the ID. Turner was the leader of
one party in a mountain vendetta which
has lasted more than twenty years. Be
sides his father-in-law and brother-in law,
he had killed three or four men, among
them the sheriff Of the county.
The jail' at Fayetteville, Tenn, was
burned on the 4th. 1t was set on fire by
hog thief named Oldfeld.
Coz. r. o. REYNOLDS, the gallant Colo
mel OF the Eleventh Mississippi Regiment
who lost au arm in the last battle in front
Of Appomattox, before Lees surrender,
the brilliant lawyer and polished orator.
died at 4bsedren, Asss., Uu the Ath.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-09

The canary bird belongs TO the finch
family. II is a native Of tho Canary Isl
ands. There are two species-the native
and the domesticated. The native birds
are ashy brown on the back, with green.
ish yellow feathers on the throat, shading
20 golden yellow on the breast, tho sides
are a dingy white, the wing feathers
brown black, with pale brown edges. The
female is Of a more dingy and dull colorcd
pIumage than the male. The domesticated
bird is larger, with entire plumaQe Of o
rich, yellow color. the two species were
originally one, the difference having been
the result Of changed surroundings ind
uniting with other species Of hnches, The
original canary stock was imported from
the Canary Islands 20 Europe about the
fourteenth century. Crossing has gwen
rise TO about fifty varieties Of tho domesti-
Gated bird. Some OF them are Of very
beautiful plumage, and remarkable pow
ers Of song. II Is said, however, that the
sweetest singers among the domestic va
r.eties are surpassed by the clear notes
and rich melody which the native birds
can produce. Chicago Inter Oeean.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-09
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TO THE SOUTH POLE.
Dangers of a Voyage of Exploration II
the Antarctic Seas.

Dangers of a Voyage of Exploration I'm
the Antarctic Seas.
The same dreaming spirit of discovery
the "homesiclzness for strange seaa," it
has been calIed-which filled Columbus
has always inspired the Swedish explorer
Nordenskjold, who has made himself
famous, although there are no longer any
rich new worlds to discover. He has pen
etrated far into the polar regions north
of Spltzbergen, and traversed a region
which he called Franz Josef Land, in honor
of the Austrian Emperor, who sent him
upon the expedition. He has penetrated
the uninhabited and unip habitable wastes
of the interior of Greenland, seeking for
traces Of Danish occupancy there, and has
sailed to Japan, passing through the
Arctic Ocean, to the north OF Siberia.
Nordenskjold, after resting from the la
bors OF exploration for some time, is now
about to undertake q new journey, not
this time toward the North Pole but to-
ward the South Pole, which is quite
much mystery as the North, and even
further from the ground which has been
explored and is now known.
A voyage of exploration toward the
South Pole is more perilous than one in the
Arctic region. The Antarctic seas are
much less visited than the Arctic. There
are no Esquimau natives, whose help may
be depended upon. Toward the North Pole
there are points established well known
to navigators, where provisions may be
left, with some assurance that the ice
bound explorer may reach them. There is
little in the Antarctic polar region except
a wilderness Of ice Tho explorer must
depend absolutely upon his ship. III that
is crushed in the ice, there is no help for
him. Even if the survivors Of such q
wreck were to succeed, after dreadful ia
tigues and sufferings, in reaching thG
open sea, they could hope to find no rescu-
ing sail. Below the line Of the seal fisher.
les there is nothing to bring a ship into
those deserted seas.
No hope Of treasure leads the command.
or or the men of such an expedition TO risk
their lives, as was the case with the sail
ors Of Columbus, and as might have been,
to some extent, with their commander.
NordensRjold sets out for the Antartic
Ocean knowing that he can not expect to
find wealth there and his men have little
to attract them except little more than
the ordinary pay for seamen, and the dc.
sire to do a brave and worthy decd. Their
leader Is one Of class OF men, not few in
modern times, and no less heroic than the
adventurers OF old, who are willing to lay
down their lives in striving to increase
the sum Of human knowledge YotSthI
COfaDduiou.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-09
NO..

different from any thing had ever seen.
1 bowed a stranger to Strangers. But
after awhile, when they clapped their
hands and shouted: ''Welcome weIcOmew -
the mystery was solved, and I saw chat
time had passed, and that eternity
had come, and that God had gathered
US up into a higher home; and 1 said:
"Are all herey" and the voices of in
Vulnerable generations answered: "All
here;" and while tears of gladness were
raining down our cheeks, and the branches
of the Lebanon cedars were clapping their
hands and the towers of the great city
were Ginning their welcome, we began to
laugh, and sing, and leap, and shout;
"Home Home Homew
Then l felt a child's hand on my face,
and it woke me. The children wanted to
play more. Children always want to play
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-09
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF tho Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHARGION NOTES
RATITIoATIoNs of an additional postal
convention between Portugal and the
United States have been exchanged in
Washington.
SECRETARY BAYARD and four acting secre
tarles attended the Cabinet meeting on the
9Oth
PROF. g. BROWN GOODE, assistant direct
or Of the National Museum, has been ap-
pointed Commissioner Of Fish and Fish
cries
REAR ADMIRAL JOHN ice DAVIS has been
placed on the retired list.
ALTHOUGH the Presidents order in re-
gard to indemnity lands has been in opera
tion less than half a month it has given
rise to the utmost activity in land matters
all over the country and the Interior De
partment bids fair to be swamped with let
tors of inquiry from attorneys for railroads,
land lawyers and Nyould-be settlers.
The President has appointed s. S. Car
Isle, Of Louisiana, TO be Minister Resident
and Consul General to Bolivia, and James
c. Quiggle, OF Pennsylvania, to be Consul
of the United States at Port Stanley and
st. Thomas, Ont.
GENERAL SHERIDAN has been ordered by
the President to take charge of the troops
at the constitutions centennial celebration
in nPhiladelphia, September 10, Is and IT,
ACTING LAND COMMISSIONER STOCKS
LAGER has issued the necessary instructions
to carry into effect Secretary Lamar's re
cent order restoring to settlement and entry
certain indemnity lands Of the Marquette,
HoughtOn a. Ontouagon Railroad Com
pany, Michigan, comprising about 25S coo
acres Of uuapproved selections
The coinage Of the mints in August ag-
gregated 9,2S2, 0O0 pieces, valued at SO, 3O3,
300. or these 2, ,91O,O0O were silver dollars.
The public debt statement for August
showed q decrease duriDp the month Of
S4,SO9, 475.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has accepted the
courtesy Of the Commercial Exchange of
Philadelphia, aud will attend the reception
rendered him by the exchange on the morn
ing OF September IG.